- 下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude
- to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
- unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
- cruel; merciless; ruthless
- cruelty; torture
- 钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
- to bury alive
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- a saw (CL:把[ba3]); to saw
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- cannot bear to
- to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
- awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- woman
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- George Byron (1788-1824), English poet
- to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- grieved; sorrowful
- hunger; starvation; famine
- painful heat; scorching; rude and forthright; provocative; hot; sexy
- sunlight
- to gasp for breath; to take a breather
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- 水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- stone; rock
- knife; CL:把[ba3]
- to chase to kill
- to reach; to achieve; to attain
- extreme point; pole; the origin (in polar coordinates)
- to fall ill
- extremely
- Seville, city in Andalusia, Spain
- military government
- prisoner of war
- to experience; to go through
- to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort
- to loot; to ransack; to pillage
- to plunder; to rob